I became interested in watching  Divan after I watched A Life Apart which I discuss below.  Divan made by Pearl Gluck, a former Satmar Hasidic woman.  Pearl Gluck was born and raised in a Hasidic family in Boro Park, Brooklyn until her parents got divorced when she was a teenager.  Her mother left the Hasidic movement and moved out of Boro Park.  Young Pearl went to live with her mother...

I want to post my review of the film Divan but before I do that I think it would be a good idea to discuss the film A Life Apart because if you are not familiar with the Hasidic movement, the latter film will provide very helpful information.  A Life Apart is an informative introduction into Hasidism and will help you understand the people in Divan . Hasidism is an ultra-orthodox...

So anyway, in the last post about Pi, I wondered if Hasidic Jews were allowed to smoke and cuss and drink alcohol. Tonight I'm watching a repeat of Sex and the City on TBS. It's called "Secret Sex", and Charlotte has sex with a Hasidic Jew painter from Brooklyn... who smokes... and sleeps with Episcopalians. So maybe cussin' and boozin' are allowed. But then again on House, one of the candidates said...

...and full of pain and truth. But really, no. What's good, was Cohen's seizures, growing drug dependence and paranoia. Very good. And Sol. Comic relief that I wish wasn't disguised as a bad guy.  Are Hasidic Jews allowed to drink coffee and smoke cigs? If yes, I love the Jews even more! Anyway, once I pointed out the predictability of the ending of Donnie Darko (which I loved), and got heat for it...

...narrow highway that winds through rural territory that becomes congested with traffic (complete with overloaded, beat up vehicles with people who drive worse than lunatics) due to the abundance of Hasidic camps and resorts that swell to beyond capacity in the summer. Sullivan County can be summed up in 3 words: Hippies, hillbillies and Hasidim. That's some mix, eh? Despite that,  I didn't take any...